O artigo registra que, depois de o juízo de primeira instância de Chicago concluir que E.G., de dezessete anos, era uma menor madura, ainda assim autorizou a transfusão, e que ‘the transfusion was forcibly given to Ernestine in spite of her vigorous protests’.

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22 de maio de 1994 · p.15 · par. 59 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

“The court found that Ernestine was a mature 17-year-old, able to make informed medical decisions; yet, amazingly, the court granted an order allowing blood transfusions. At the hospital two doctors were standing by, transfusion equipment set up, and as soon as the court’s decision came in, the transfusion was forcibly given to Ernestine in spite of her vigorous protests.”

The article’s account of the trial-court stage of the Chicago proceedings reported as In re E.G. It names Dr Stanley Yachnin, Dr Ner Littner and the hospital’s attorney Jane McAtee as witnesses, all three of whom appear in the reported judgments.

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